Few actors epitomized “cool” likeSteve McQueen.
These movies were campy, but they took themselves seriously.
Then cameThe Blobin 1958.
Image via Paramount Pictures
It set itself apart for a few different reasons.
For one, it was in color.
That wouldn’t have looked so convincing if the blob was gray like a rock.
Image via Paramount Pictures
The leaked concept art shows what could have been.
The Blobis about a meteorite that crash lands on Earth containing a mysterious goo.
Steve isn’t as cool as McQueen would become, but he does make the movie his own.
Steve Andrews becomes the voice of reason inThe Blobas he tries to warn the police about what’s happening.
He doesn’t cower, but rises up and fights.
In 1980,Steve McQueen gave his last interview to a high school kid named Richard Kraus.
I don’t want to talk about that movie.
It’s unfortunate that he was so ashamed of his first film.
Since 1999, Phoenixville, Pennsylvaniahas held an annual Blobfestwhere the movie was made.
The Blob(1958) is available to watch on Tubi.
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